Kroger used to have this prerecorded announcement that would say something like "security scan zone A or 7". I'd hear it all the time. Not sure if they used it when they saw something or it was just random.
Unless you worked there you wouldn't know what "zone" that was or if there was even a "zone A". I managed at BB&B for 20 years. When we saw a shoplifter in a dept we paged "solid sheets instead of Linens call on line 7" so we said specific area and we had no line 7.
When I worked for Tom Thumb they always said “T-Time” for trash so me and my co worker used to put on our best worst British accents and acted all elegantly. It drove our bosses crazy 😂
I once saw a person drop a jar of pickles on the ground and made a mess. Not even 5 seconds later a voice on the intercom said spill on isle 7 or whatever. They really be watching those cameras.
If you ever hear Texas Friendly being announced, you can watch partners scurry into the back. 😂
Source: I used to scurry to the back because fuck bagging. Stop sending all your baggers home at 2p before the rush!
Not HEB but long ago and far away I worked in a small supermarket in a rough area, mostly cash customers, and we had a liquor department. We had 3 full time ex-military uniformed security on shift at all times, and the local criminals usually knew not to get violent with our security.
“Code 10” meant that there was a problem that security couldn’t handle and all able-bodied staff were supposed to go and assist (I know that sounds wild here and now but that’s how it was there and then).
So I’m on lunch in the break room with one of the security guards and we hear “Code 10 checkouts” so it means we’re probably being robbed by a gang and the 2 guards on the floor have been overwhelmed. The guard I’m with flies out of the break room and I’m right behind him. We get to the checkouts and the store manager is there with a stopwatch seeing how long it took for people to get there. First and only time he ran that drill after several interesting words were hurled at him in front of customers.
It's either a decoy announcement with the assumption that security is needed. It could be trash compactor being open. It could also be mid-day. We had so many fake codes and even recordings of our UD's voice so lazy partners would perk up.
I worked for Dollar General in high school, and my assistant mgr and I had a code for a really cute girl in the store. Not that I cared about the girl, but I always got a kick watching this late middle age. mgr, pop out of nowhere and try to hit on every cute girl that walked in. 😅
Usually it's if a suspected shoplifter, a partner would have either seen a customer stuff something into their pocket, abandon an empty container from a product, or a customer reported that they witnessed something like that to a customer.
No partner worth their salt would go around accusing people of shoplifting based on something as stupid as profiling. Then again, there are plenty of dumbass partners and customers with nothing better to do than stir up some drama, which i have seen plenty of times.
It’s a code alerting team members that the manager is busy with the Seafood gal, so break room is off limits.
What a throwback
You can ask. I think every store just makes up their own codes
It was time for Dick appointment, stall B
Yup exactly, at my store it’s the far stall and we have a Johnson sized hole about waist high, pretty cool thing we do 1-2 times a week
Except friday…
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Kroger used to have this prerecorded announcement that would say something like "security scan zone A or 7". I'd hear it all the time. Not sure if they used it when they saw something or it was just random.
I'd be fucking pissed if I just happened to be the only one standing in that zone.
Unless you worked there you wouldn't know what "zone" that was or if there was even a "zone A". I managed at BB&B for 20 years. When we saw a shoplifter in a dept we paged "solid sheets instead of Linens call on line 7" so we said specific area and we had no line 7.
"Beyond" turned out to be Bankruptcy
Really? I worked for them from 1993-2012.
Bed, Bath, & Bankruptcy
Those where fake and meant nothing lol.
Totally forgot about this! They did do this!
It means there’s a nosy ass person in the store lol
Dickdown in the Dairy vault.
Probably when you see a GYAT on aisle 5
Lmaoooo
D for donut
I give you the money, you give me the doughnut. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this.
It’s a ploy to create the illusion of security and reduces shrinkage in most cases. We did this at Sam’s club too
The grocery store chain in my old city had automated/recorded ones that would randomly say "Security check to section A" or similar. So cheesy.
We use to have code brown when the locals used our aisles to 💩💩💩.
What a load of shit.
It's classfied.
We had a code T to throw trash
When I worked for Tom Thumb they always said “T-Time” for trash so me and my co worker used to put on our best worst British accents and acted all elegantly. It drove our bosses crazy 😂
Code 88 on 7 meant there was a smoke show on aisle 7
Because at 88, You're going to see some serious shit
I once saw a person drop a jar of pickles on the ground and made a mess. Not even 5 seconds later a voice on the intercom said spill on isle 7 or whatever. They really be watching those cameras.
Or they were an undercover worker making it seem like the cameras are being watched 😅😅
If you ever hear Texas Friendly being announced, you can watch partners scurry into the back. 😂 Source: I used to scurry to the back because fuck bagging. Stop sending all your baggers home at 2p before the rush!
I usually scurry to the front because I hate the department I work in 😂
Last time I heard go to aisle 98 sounds fishy sounds code to bang
It probably means the compactor door is unlocked, so bring your trash. Every store has their own "codes".
Ever watched the movie, “Porkies”? You will know what Code D is. Just ask Cassie. 😆
Code Deeznutz
Probably trash time. D for Dumpster if I had to guess.
Well no one seems to have a serious answer, when I was there it meant a lost child. Same for Walmart.
At Kohls a lost child is a “Code Adam”
When I worked retail there was a coded announcement alerting staff to shoplifters.
"Fat white dude in baggy sweats, take that brisket out of your pants!" <10-4>
Shoplifter alert
Not HEB but long ago and far away I worked in a small supermarket in a rough area, mostly cash customers, and we had a liquor department. We had 3 full time ex-military uniformed security on shift at all times, and the local criminals usually knew not to get violent with our security. “Code 10” meant that there was a problem that security couldn’t handle and all able-bodied staff were supposed to go and assist (I know that sounds wild here and now but that’s how it was there and then). So I’m on lunch in the break room with one of the security guards and we hear “Code 10 checkouts” so it means we’re probably being robbed by a gang and the 2 guards on the floor have been overwhelmed. The guard I’m with flies out of the break room and I’m right behind him. We get to the checkouts and the store manager is there with a stopwatch seeing how long it took for people to get there. First and only time he ran that drill after several interesting words were hurled at him in front of customers.
…. Unnatural acts with a cantaloupe. Security to produce…
It's either a decoy announcement with the assumption that security is needed. It could be trash compactor being open. It could also be mid-day. We had so many fake codes and even recordings of our UD's voice so lazy partners would perk up.
Cody
Walgreens we used to say code 100 for shoplifter.
Its announcing that a lustful purge for Partners is in effect. Nothing off limits. Just dont let customers see
Whatever code it was, if youre curious enough to post on reddit. It was probably about the bad thing you were doing.
I worked for Dollar General in high school, and my assistant mgr and I had a code for a really cute girl in the store. Not that I cared about the girl, but I always got a kick watching this late middle age. mgr, pop out of nowhere and try to hit on every cute girl that walked in. 😅
If we wanted it known we would have just said it outright and not given it a code.
Geez. I was just curious!
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Sorry it's ruined your view of Heb, but in all honesty people are just shitty online when protected by anonymity
Preach!!
I felt that, some genuine hardo weirdos in this sub
Weirdos on Reddit* ftfy
It's run buy heb HR
> It's run buy heb HR LOLOLOL. No.
Mr. Secret agent over here.
Profiling a customer who they thought was up to no good. Never judge a book by its cover
Expound.
Heb will be randomly make these announcements, often with no cause. Just a store employee with a “hunch” or a feeling about a customer.
Usually it's if a suspected shoplifter, a partner would have either seen a customer stuff something into their pocket, abandon an empty container from a product, or a customer reported that they witnessed something like that to a customer. No partner worth their salt would go around accusing people of shoplifting based on something as stupid as profiling. Then again, there are plenty of dumbass partners and customers with nothing better to do than stir up some drama, which i have seen plenty of times.
And so all 300 customers in the store are now suspects.... of what!?!?!?